From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 04/28/03-09:16:42 PM Z
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Kerik wrote:
> > Is some of the difference due to the fact that you fellows are buying the
> > palladum and platinum in larger quantities? I see that there is a real
> > price advantage to buying the stuff in larger quantities and I am
> > assuming that you probably buy it that way?
>
> Yes. And I would presume anyone making 20x24 pt/pd prints on a regular
> basis would do so too. Otherwise you're looking at only 4 or 5 prints from
> a 25 ml bottle.
Sandy estimated the cost of a kallitype at $3.50, but the size mentioned
now in this thread is 20x24 inches -- or 480 square inches. The size I
mentioned for Carmen's kallitypes was 24 by 30 inches -- 720 square
inches. So the price differential would be greater.
There's also the fact that when some folks say "experiment," they don't
mean just with a toner or developer. They mean with an image, a concept,
a visual idea or an aesthetic. My feeling is that in whatever quantities
you buy pt/pd, the cost is inhibiting to experiment. To quote Man Ray:
an artist has to have absolute contempt for his (in those days we
only had his) materials -- or words to that effect.
Judy
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